"Dont settle for what is handy."

This phrase applies to research.

When I am researching, it is super easy for me to get on my computer and pull up google. Also, with a search engine like Google, it is easy for me to just choose the first link that appears. This is what I classify as handy. The internet and Google are extremely handy. However, it is in my best interest to exhaust all my resources, not just the "handy" ones.

I fall guilty of taking the easy way out often. The Murray State library is stocked with books, upon books, upon periodicals, upon videos. There is a lot of great information that is published and in hard copy form. I often get lazy in my work and choose the handy source - Google. I have written some really great papers, and done a lot of great research because of my "handy" tools, but I feel like I would perform even better if I chose to step out of the internet realm.

This is me, being transparent. On my blog, for my library class. I hope I'm not the only one who experiences this!